Sean Bourgeois News

Tech Update: Re/Insurance Communications Platform ‘fuse’ Launches

A communications platform called “fuse” has been launched for the global commercial insurance and reinsurance industry. Fuse promises retail, wholesale and reinsurance brokers, insureds, insurers and reinsurers a web-based platform to connect and speed re/insurance transactions to placement. Available 24/7, …

Markets/Coverages: Reinsurance Tech Firm Tremor Launches Cat Bond Issuance Platform

Tremor Technologies Inc., the Boston-based reinsurance pricing and placing platform, has launched a catastrophe bond issuance platform called Tremor Issuerβ„’. Tremor Issuer is part of the suite of Tremor services that can be accessed online by investors, issuers, bankers and …

Reinsurance Pricing Technology That Works During Hard and Soft Markets

Sean Bourgeois, the chief executive officer of Tremor, often hears people say that his company’s reinsurance price optimization technology works best in a soft market, when there’s a lot of competition and everybody wants to be on programs. That’s incorrect, …

Why Reinsurance Prices Are Wrongβ€”and How to Fix Them

Each reinsurance renewal season sees brokers feverishly chasing down the best premium prices in the market. Frequently, when the panel of reinsurers offer their submissions for a slice of treaty, the broker will discover that the treaty is oversubscribed and …